Powershell script for configuration backup

[johannesk]

Hi,

Does anyone here have a ready to use powershell script that can be scheduled to run a configuration backup of Veeam?

I then want to run it two times a day, each time targeting different storage location.

anyone?

Regards,
Jóhannes

[jhoughes]

You can run it with this code for each run, with examples for morning & evening, you will just need to adjust the first line to set each run to the appropriate repository.

Morning, 8AM example:

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$Repo = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name '%reponame%'
$morningoptions = New-VBRDailyOptions -Type Everyday -Period 8:00
$morningschedule = New-VBRConfigurationBackupScheduleOptions -Type Daily -DailyOptions $morningoptions
Set-VBRConfigurationBackupJob -Repository $Repo --ScheduleOptions $morningschedule
Start-VBRConfigurationBackupJob

Evening, 8PM example:

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$Repo = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name '%reponame%'
$eveningoptions = New-VBRDailyOptions -Type Everyday -Period 20:00
$eveningschedule = New-VBRConfigurationBackupScheduleOptions -Type Daily -DailyOptions $eveningoptions
Set-VBRConfigurationBackupJob -Repository $Repo --ScheduleOptions $morningschedule
Start-VBRConfigurationBackupJob

[nielsengelen]

You can change these via the built-in commands for configuration backup. You can then use Windows Task Manager to create a task to run the script when needed. Most likely it will be easier to create 2 separate scripts instead of 1 big script.

[johannesk]

Thanks Joe Houghes,

I'll give this a try - it seems to be exactly what I was looking for.

Regards,
Jóhannes

[Leo0601]

Hello,

I am going to uninstall veeam 9.5 and install the veeam 10 in the same server. Before going to uninstall the veeam 9.5, I need to take the configuration full backup and once after I complete the new installation of veeam 10. I have to restore the configuration backup in veeam 10.

So I need powershell script which take the configuration full backup in veeam 9.5.

Does anyone here have a ready to use powershell script that can be scheduled to run a configuration backup of Veeam 9.5 GA?

If anyone has please kindly share it here.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
leo.

[chris.arceneaux]

Hi Leo,

Veeam provides PowerShell cmdlets to do that. The Start-VBRConfigurationBackupJob cmdlet is what you're looking for. It will kick off a configuration backup.

With that said, you won't be able to restore a configuration backup generated with v9.5 GA in v10. Per Veeam documentation, you must be running version 9.5 Update 3 or later. As such, you'll need to upgrade your current instance before proceeding.

[bwisdom]

If it would be better I can post this as a seperate post, but since this was here, I thought I would try this first.

How do the config backups work in terms of rollups? My boss keeps 30 days of configs and wants me to ship them off to azure. So Ill be removing the 30th and then adding in the new one with my script. Is it ok to just remove and add or is there some kind of rollup involved that I need to take into account?

[ithark]

Hi Joe Houghes,
Good Day!
We also had a similar requirement for the config backup and we thought your script was just perfect for our needs.
But there is just onething which isn't working properly.
When we manually run the script it works like a charm but when the script is executed via the Task Scheduler, the config backup is always backed up to a single repository.
May I know if we are missing something here?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Karthik

[jhoughes]

The sample code I gave was meant to have the repository name set for each run of the script.

Did you set the name correctly?

[ithark]

Hi Joe,
Yes. As I mentioned, it runs fine if I run the script manually. But if it runs via the Task scheduler, the repository doesn't changes.
Regards,
Karthik

[jhoughes]

Please post the code that you are running with Task Scheduler.

[ithark]

Hi Joe,
It is resolved. I used the Clear-Variable in the script to delete the value of $Repo in both the script. Now it is running fine as expected.
Many thanks.
Regards,
Karthik